Prestige Residential Valuer Insights Q3 2025

CBRE’s latest release of the Prestige Residential Valuer Insights survey offers detailed insights from our dedicated team of highly experienced Valuers, who specialise in the valuations of high-end residential properties across Australia: For Q3 2025, our Valuers report: 

• Prestige Market Sentiment Builds: In the prestige market, 10x as many Valuers see ‘strong’ to ‘very strong’ demand compared to ‘soft’ or ‘very limited’ demand. Demand was strongest in SA, NSW, and QLD, with softer demand evident in WA and VIC.
• Local purchasers/upgraders: Reflecting the previous survey, the most active buyer types were reported as local purchasers and upgraders. Down-sizers were also more active in Q3 2025, while developers were least active.
• Demand by property type: This quarter, houses valued up to $10 million have seen the strongest demand, following mixed demand for this property type last survey. Softer conditions prevail for apartments valued up to $10 million and rural residential properties.
• Property values next 12 months: For Houses, 84% of Valuers expect value growth in the next year, up from 54% last year. For Apartments, 61% of Valuers expect value growth, up from 41% last year. For Vacant Land, 48% of Valuers expect value growth, down from 52% last year, but up from 39% in Q1 2025. Overall, the highest conviction being for QLD, NSW, and VIC. 
• Future demand: Around two-thirds of Valuers expect demand to increase in the next 12 months, with no Valuers expecting a decrease in demand. The strongest demand is expected in VIC and NSW, with stable demand expected in WA.
• Future supply (listings): Prestige Valuers have mixed supply expectations, with 50% expecting stock available for sale to remain the same in the next 12 months, and 47% expecting an increase. The largest increase is anticipated in NSW, WA, and VIC.